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He even gave a thumbs-up emoji to a tweet from an Oakland beat writer praising Del Rio for exercising situational - not conventional - strategy on Sunday. If the Saints continue to struggle running the football we'll see more shoot outs like we saw against the Raiders. Per our chief analyst Keith Goldner, the conversion jumped their odds to 80.46 percent, and tying it up with a field goal actually would have bumped their odds to 41.09 percent. (more...)

Some believe that by the time his career is over, Cam Newton will have changed the way quarterback is played. "It stung and the guys stung a little bit on the airplane last night, but when we get back together Monday, we'll be ready to go and start looking forward to San Francisco". (more...)

Capoue gave Watford a 3-2 lead on 52 minutes after unleashing a left foot volley. "I'm not going to lie". The former Marseille star scored nine goals and created 116 chances in 30 Premier League appearances for West Ham last season. (more...)

CM Punk , 37, faced Mickey Gall, 24, in the September 10 UFC 2013 fight, getting taken down in about one minute after a pretty brutal beating from Mickey. "I think that boy is corny". The youngster ducked a wild punch from Punk and scooped him by both legs and took him to the mat. UFC 203 set the stage for CM Punk to make his MMA debut, but it turned out to be more of a laughing stock, as portrayed by the memes, than anything else. (more...)

Astros right-hander Collin McHugh (10-10) departed with a lead after five innings of one-run ball, leaving four Astros relievers to hold the line.After rookie right-hander Chris Devenski worked a ideal sixth inning, veteran right-handers Will Harris and Luke Gregerson each worked around a walk in their respective innings of work. (more...)

Cox won a gold medal in the C4-5 time trial cycling on Saturday, to add to the bronze that she had already got in the T38 100m just the day before. British athlete Kare Adenegan took silver in the same race that Cockroft took gold. The gold was not the only success for Britain today in Rio though, with another gold in cycling and three more in rowing. James Ball and his pilot Craig MacLean were fifth. (more...)

Lewis also let on that India had the upper hand going into the final over. Saturday's game in Lauderhill had been a spectacular affair, West Indies winning by one run after the highest-scoring Twenty20 worldwide in history. The match began late by 40 minutes due to technical reasons, and later rain spoilt India's chase when they were 15 for none in two overs, chasing 144 to win. (more...)

Chelsea , champions under Jose Mourinho in 2014/2015, finished 10th last season, which was a lowest league finish for some 20 years. And despite frequent criticism of the 29-year-old's defensive reliability, Conte sees similarities between him and the highly respected duo at his former club in Serie A. (more...)

Kane, the reigning NHL MVP, has represented the U.S.at the past two Olympic Games. Canada has a similar embarrassment of riches. Price missed nearly all of last season with the Montreal Canadiens due to a right knee injury. There are a few potential contenders for the World Cup of Hockey title , reports CTV News . Lundqvist recently took a puck to the ribs in practice but should be able to play through it. (more...)

Serena Williams notched a record 307th career Grand Slam match victory, surpassing Martina Navratilova for the most by a woman in the Open Era. The No 1 seed, clearly a little overwhelmed, said: " That's pretty awesome and what a place to do it, where everything first started '". (more...)

The Rays are 51-51 when they hit at least one homer. The Yankees have a record of 39-17 when opponents' pitchers have six strikeouts or less. "Ever since I started playing baseball professionally, I never evaluated myself based off win-loss", he said. (more...)

A lacklustre 2016 led to much speculation that he won't be at the helm next season. McFadden has failed to take the Warriors to the finals in his three seasons as coach. "Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards". "Stephen brings so much experience to the club and has the added advantage of knowing so numerous country's best players through his long association with the Kiwis". (more...)

Kaepernick said he wanted to raise awareness of violence and oppression against people of color. Other athletes have offered their support for Kaepernick; on Sunday, soccer star Megan Rapinoe kneeled for the anthem before a game in Chicago. (more...)

If both players perform like they did Monday, the fans could be in for a great match Wednesday. "Once I got up in the score, wasn't giving him any free points, I could sense it was getting tough for him". "It will be very tough". 'I ran out of fuel I think, physically and mentally. The No. 2-seeded Murray played well, certainly, but he also faced little resistance from No. (more...)

The state is set to meet or exceed that benchmark, Brown said, with steps including restricting the carbon content of gasoline and diesel fuel, encouraging sales of zero-emission vehicles and imposing a tax on pollution. The new law puts "very severe caps on the emission of greenhouse gases in California without requiring the regulatory agencies to give any consideration" to how it will affect the economy and residents, the California Chamber of Commerce said in a statement. (more...)

Not only did Williams break Navratilova's record with the win, she is now tied with Roger Federer for major wins regardless of gender. The world No 1 is chasing a seventh US Open title that would give her an Open-era record of 23 Grand Slam titles, one more than Steffi Graf, and having eased through her first two matches at Flushing Meadows it was more of the same on Saturday. (more...)

It's a big honor for him, not just him, but everybody that looked up to him. He became an global basketball icon. Today, Iverson thanked some of those rappers wanting to be National Basketball Association players during his Hall of Fame speech. (more...)

Rio de Janeiro, Sep 8: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revoked the accreditation of a Belarusian athlete for carrying Russia's flag during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Games as a gesture of solidarity with the country banned from the Games. (more...)

The 24-year-old, who was traded from the Mets to Atlanta last year, limited NY to a run and two hits in 6 2/3 innings on June 17 to pick up his first major-league win. Freeman singled in the third to reach safely in his career-best 32nd straight game. When the Mets talked to him this winter about coming back with the likelihood he would be moved to the bullpen once Zack Wheeler returned from his Tommy John surgery rehab, Colon signed up. (more...)

He pitched 1 2/3 spotless innings in relief at Los Angeles in April and five innings of one-run ball versus the Dodgers a year ago. He struck out four and walked none while throwing 71 of 108 pitches for strikes. Four Marlins struck out two times with Xavier Scruggs, Christian Yelich , Jeff Mathis and Adeiny Hechavarria each whiffing twice. Blanton game up a two-out single to end the perfect-game bid. (more...)